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*As Rome burns* pic of the day. Fishing in floodwaters in TX neighborhood after #HurricaneNicholas #climatecrisis (📷 @adreeslatif @reuterspictures)

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Photo editors—let’s not go there: Simply stereotyping Taliban as evil doers—as easy and satisfying as it is—doesn’t serves any constructive interest. Rather, it’s what got us into the quagmire in the first place.

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California recall results in 2 pix. A case of “been there, done that.” (📷 @RobGauthier @latimesphotos; @joebuglewicz @bloombergimages)

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Interesting visual editing in WaPo Opinion today. As we see fewer face coverings in media, file pic from Barrett confirmation reapplied to her defense of hackery/political agenda. In this context, the covering speaks to masking one’s true intentions. #teamrhetoric

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Old guard/new guard: Interesting how @RepMaloney doubled down on the irony w historical theme as ERA achingly relevant as ever while @AOC used #MetGala to drive Dem Socialist sound bite laser targeted at DC spend package/news cycle NOW.

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